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Refugee students languish in red tape as they seek to resume their educations

The Hechinger Report

One asks for more information about the psychological counseling offered, which covers stress, depression and homesickness. It can’t happen,” said Brenda Tooley, director of global studies at Knox College, which is offering full-tuition scholarships to two Syrian students who will begin in January. It’s not affordable.

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Teaching kids how battles about race from 150 years ago mirror today’s conflicts

The Hechinger Report

Most of those gains were lost, however, in 1877 when the federal government pulled troops out of the South. Once the federal government left, a backlash began. Related: How the federal government abandoned the Brown v. history and social studies curriculums. and Rethinking Schools, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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From the archives: Already languishing in red tape, refugee students now may be barred altogether from U.S.

The Hechinger Report

One asks for more information about the psychological counseling offered, which covers stress, depression and homesickness. It can’t happen,” said Brenda Tooley, director of global studies at Knox College, which is offering full-tuition scholarships to two Syrian students who will begin in January. It’s not affordable.